Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 571 Romanus Manor
Romanus' estate is on the outskirts of Rotland.

At first, Cyril was still wondering why the house of a large local family was not placed in the city, at least the office would be much more convenient, and the chamber of commerce could deal with urgent matters immediately.Moreover, there is only a direct access to the port in the city, and the suburbs of the city are not the choice of a family that is just "starting" and should seize all the time to develop.

"Actually, I'm not very familiar with it." Roxana sniffed, guessing that she had caught a cold from the night wind.

The eldest sister Cecilia is calm, the second sister Irina is shy and introverted, and the liveliness of the three sisters is almost concentrated on Roxana. They are about the same age as Caroline, but they can't hold back their temper, so they have to go out and go crazy Crazy last time.

However, the presence of Roxanne can be regarded as adding a lot of vitality to the carriage that passed along the way, so as not to cause the carriage to fall into silence for several hours at every turn.

Cyril watched Roxana wipe her nose with a handkerchief, and after blowing her nose for a while, she continued: "It's also the new residence of the Romanus family, and it's a gift from Clark to the family. And often get lost."

"As a result, within a few months after we lived in, my sister took us out of the manor. I haven't been to many places yet."

While they were talking.The estate of the Romanus family is already in sight.It seems that this manor is indeed ridiculously large, but it is not to the extent that Cyril estimated that a small castle could be built.

From a distance, you can see several buildings in the center of the manor under the cover of the dense branches and leaves of the unique dark green broad paulownia in the south.

Cyril frowned slightly.

Compared with the area of ​​this manor, the area of ​​the housing area is too small, and the large area of ​​vacant land is perfunctorily planted with some trees, without the greening plan that a decent manor should have, and there are no other Romanus The decoration of a home to reflect wealth, such as a statue or a fountain.

This is too strange.

This manor even made Cyril feel that it was just an open space in an ordinary forest area and a few luxurious houses were built.

Judging from Cecilia's description, Clark Romanus should be a high-profile and ostentatious person. How could he keep his house so ordinary when he boasted about his wealth?
For the first time in Cyril's mind, he thought of the opponent who rescued Nirola Sinai in Langjin Town, and replaced Baron Abra Sinai's gray god priest Ambrose. His manor was not as big as the Romanus family. , but there is a slaughterhouse for babies hidden underground.

Such an experience made it hard for Cyril not to think about it after seeing such an abnormality of the Romanus residence.

He took Roxana for a walk around the manor. The road leading to the city was flat and wide, and the traces of carriages were very obvious. Obviously, there were frequent traffic.

"What was this land used for before it was bought by Clark Romanus?" He looked at Roxana, but he didn't expect the little girl to answer—how could she know these things?

But before he changed the subject, Roxanna's crisp voice sounded: "My lord, I know, this used to be Rutland's prison."

"Prison?" Cyril stopped in his tracks, "What about the prison house?"

"It seems to be an order from the North Alliance to gather all the prisoners in Palikland to Kavinia. Instead of setting up a separate prison, Rotland directly bulldozed all the houses on the ground." Roxana bit her finger and tried her best Recalling: "I remember my grandfather objected at the beginning, saying that too many people died in the prison, so it is not suitable for housing..."

"So...the only houses on the ground are flattened?" Cyril continued to ask, but this time Roxana couldn't give an answer, and asked blankly: "Can houses be built underground?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just asking casually." Cyril waved his hand, but he already had a plan in his heart.

"Roxana, follow me closely, don't scream when you see anything, and don't panic. Memphis should have taught you something, right?"

"Yeah!" Roxana nodded vigorously.

Compared with the two older sisters, Roxana was more active and liked to wield knives and sticks, and ran to the barracks after school.

Memphela didn't seem to have much resistance to such a cute little girl, so she taught her some elf techniques, including the walking style of the ranger, which is the closest way to a wanderer's stealth, and can effectively hide her whereabouts .

She immediately lowered her body and squatted halfway, poking her head in a decent manner.Cyril gestured to her, and then walked straight towards the main building area of ​​the manor.

Listening to the wind skill was activated quietly. With Cyril's current ability to control the wind, almost half of the manor is under his control. He clearly heard the complaints of the servants in the building, the loud shouts of the directors of the chamber of commerce, and even a There was an inexplicable groan in the room.

It's broad daylight...

He relented, making sure the ground wasn't approaching their guards or members of the Romanus family.The powerful detection ability allows him to easily evade ordinary guards in such an environment, unless the opponent is at the same level as himself, and has a very keen sense of elements, and can see the traces of magic power hidden in the air flow, and Make timely concealment.

But in such a small place as Palikling, if he wants to meet such a person, then he is too unlucky?
But as soon as this idea was born, Cyril was keenly aware that a figure suddenly disappeared in the place where his wind flowed.

"Disappeared?" He froze for a moment, but the air flow was still giving him feedback. He found an area in the main house that was suspected to be a wine cellar, but the range of air flow in it far exceeded what a wine cellar should have. area.

found it.

The sound of wind echoed constantly in that deep basement, when he wanted to penetrate the Wind Listening Technique into it, he clearly felt that there was a barrier blocking him, preventing him from going deep.

Magic barrier.

He noted down the position of the wind feedback, and retracted his investigation in due course, so as not to disturb the hidden figure again.

"My lord, shall we move on?" Roxanna was still hunched over, and it was very difficult to maintain this posture. Her calves were trembling a little now.

"Relax and get nervous once you're in the house... Now, come on, sit on my back."

Cyril bent down, and before Roxana could react, he carried her on his back, wrapping his arms around her legs.The little girl whispered, and then hugged Cyril's neck.

Immediately afterwards, the howling wind rang in my ears——

The little girl's long hair fluttered, and she felt that she was almost flying, so scared that she didn't dare to look to the side.But just a few breaths later, the wind stopped.

"Come down, from now on, be cautious."

Roxana felt her feet touch the ground, and there were some slippery tiles under her feet.When she opened her eyes, she realized that they were already standing on the roof.

Cyril squatted down and gave the little girl a revived wind to let her recover from muscle fatigue, then he leaned over the edge of the eaves and disappeared with a "swoosh".

"Lord, Lord Lord?" Roxana hurried forward, only to see that there was actually a balcony below, and Cyril had already stretched out his hands, ready to take her down.

Roxanna blushed, and quickly grabbed the eaves and fell down, and was safely taken over by Cyril.She watched the lord knock on the window a few times skillfully, and then he removed all the front windows——

She widened her eyes, and couldn't imagine why her lord was so proficient in doing this kind of thing. At this time, Cyril had already entered the room, and after smoothing out a few copper terry from the table, her eyes It's about to fall off.

But at this moment, her lord seemed to remember that there was someone behind him, touched the back of his head, and put those copper terries back in an embarrassing manner.

"You didn't see anything." He said solemnly to Roxanna behind him, "Follow quickly, I need you to lead the way."

Roxana followed obediently. She recognized that this room should be a lady's room. After opening the door, it was the corridor on the third floor of the main house.

"The most luxurious room opposite us, here, right there, is Clark's bedroom, and downstairs is Clark's usual office." Roxana pointed to the opposite room and reported to Cyril.

"From the stairs all the way down, you can lead to the basement. During the day, there are usually no people in the main house, and everyone in the family who should go out has gone out..." She whispered, walking down the stairs at the same time.

But just after passing the door of the office on the second floor, Cyril heard a loud "bang" from the office, followed by a burst of cursing:
"Letting you do things is to give you a chance. Look at what you are doing?!"

"Solkonan's business has gone bad, all of Jinnaze's trading outlets have been investigated, and there may be no harvest in the next six months. This alone is enough to make people angry, but what else did you provoke... the inspector?"

The voice was impatient and shrill, followed by a series of obscenities, as unpleasant as it could be, which made Cyril couldn't help but cover Roxana's little ears, so as not to hurt the little girl's young heart too much .

Until the scolding stopped, the person who had been scolded all the time said cowardly and flatteringly: "My lord, none of us thought that Solconant sent a patrol. But I will definitely be able to deal with it." , it's just a three-day strict investigation..."

"Just three days? Didn't the next boat arrive at Rutland the day after tomorrow? Didn't he catch him?" The sharp voice cursed again, "Tell me, what are you going to do!"

The cowardly voice continued to flatter, "I have ordered the courier to rush to Sedanik, and I will definitely allow the ship to stay on the way for a while."

"What about the ones that are here now? What are you hiding with?"

"This..." The cowardly voice hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I hid them all in the basement, and they will definitely be able to escape the inspection of the port... As for the loss of transportation delays, these will be borne by my Romanus family ..."

But his flattery did not receive any gentle treatment. Instead, there were even more violent noises, mixed with the sound of slaps. The cowardly male voice faltered after falling, and the sharp voice reprimanded: It should be your responsibility!"

"Yes, yes, we should bear it..."

"What if the patrol finds your home?"

"My lord, don't worry, my basement is where all the criminals were imprisoned before. There are layers of magic barriers, which require triple procedures to open. Usually, it is as indistinguishable as a wall. He will never find out..."

The sharp voice cursed again, and it took a while before it stopped, and said solemnly:
"Look at the merchant ships you have now, look at your manor, and look at the existing wealth of the Romanus family, think about who gave you what you have now—"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"This kind of crap is out of my control. It will only waste my time. If it weren't for what you guys have done recently-"

Cyril blocked Roxanna and leaned against the wall until the timid male voice said "Good morning, my lord", and the door was suddenly pushed open.

He was startled, he didn't even notice the sound of footsteps, but a cold gaze was already cast in his direction.

He hastily raised his hand, and shook out "Hemer's travel coat" to cover himself and Roxana. He only felt that the gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the thin cloak, and after staying for a while, he moved away again.

But still no footsteps sounded.

The short few seconds of the travel clothes passed quickly, and Cyril held the sword at his waist with his hand, and immediately drew his sword and rushed to the place where the gaze was before the moment the effect of the travel clothes passed, but found that there was no one there.

left?
When did this happen?

Could this be the guy who escaped his Listening Wind Technique just now?

After being stiff for a moment, Cyril gradually relaxed his body, thankful that the other party didn't notice his existence.

It's not that he's afraid of fighting the opponent. Now he is very confident in his actual combat. Unless the opponent is extraordinary and can reduce the dimension of him, otherwise he can fight the opponent for a while.

By the way, it can also demolish the house of the Romanus family.

It's just that with Roxanna by his side, he can't protect the little girl's safety in a high-intensity battle.

The person who just left sounded like he was from the North Alliance, and the timid male voice inside must be Clark Romanus.Although no specific words were mentioned in their conversation, Cyril knew exactly what they were talking about.

Anastasia's actions were very fast. After checking the slave trade node between Solkonan and the south, she immediately checked the slave black market in the Kinnadze province directly under Solkonan.It seems that this is a serious blow to the North Alliance, otherwise, given the level of strength of the opponent, they should not be so frustrated.

He was thinking about it, pulling Roxana to leave the place where he was currently staying, but he heard a series of footsteps on the stairs upstairs, quickly approaching the office.

(End of this chapter)